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Yelda Ozden Çiftçi

Gebze Technical UniversityTurkey

Professor in Plant Biotechnology at Gebze Technical University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. She received her BSc in İstanbul University in 1993, and MSc and PhD from Gebze Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2005, respectively. She carried out her Post-Doc study on plant cryopreservation at CNR, IVALSA, Florence, Italy. She has published more than 75 scientific papers, conference proceedings and book chapters in the field of plant biotechnology including molecular markers, micropropagation, medium and long-term conservation, transgenic research, and somaclonal variation assessment. She is the author of the book entitled ‘Transgenic Plants: Advances and Limitations’. She is a member of several national and international societies and serves in the editorial board of many SCI-indexed journals on plant biotechnology.

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Yelda Ozden Çiftçi

Development of efficient transformation protocols is becoming a complementary strategy to conventional breeding techniques for the improvement of crops. Thus, Transgenic Plants - Advances and Limitations covers the recent advances carried on improvement of transformation methods together with assessment of the impact of genetically transformed crops on biosafety. Each chapter has been written by one or more experienced researchers in the field and then carefully edited to ensure throughness and consistency.